Artwork

Portræt af en ung pige

Portræt af en ung pige, by Unknown, 1900
Portræt af en ung pige, by Unknown, 1900

Portræt af en ung pige is a photography by Unknown. It dates from 1900 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.

About this work

Overview

Portræt af en ung pige is a black-and-white image created by an unknown artist in 1900, currently held at the Museum of Ethnography.

Subject & Meaning

The image is a portrait of a young woman, dressed in a simple high-necked dress with her hair pulled back, set against a plain dark background that highlights her face.

Technique & Style

The image's sharp detail and soft, focused lighting evoke the style of early 20th-century studio photography, and its use of contrasting light and dark areas is reminiscent of the chiaroscuro technique.

Artist & collection

Artist

Unknown

entity whose identity is not known